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5. Public Comment Bart Hughes spoke on Pleasanton's increasing unfunded pension liability and asked that additional actions be taken to address the matter. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 6. Public Hearing: PGPA-17; and P11-0904 through P11-0925 and P11-0927 through P11-0934, City of Pleasanton Housing Element Update. Consider and certify the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report documents for the General Plan Housing Element and Climate Action Plan; the Housing Element; and General Plan Amendments and Specific Plan Amendments; and/or Rezoning 15 sites to allow multi-family or single-family residential development or mixed-use (including multi-family residential) development City Manager Fialho introduced the item and provided a background on the process undertaken by the City and community. stating there have been 9 public meetings on the subject, 4 community workshops, meetings with housing experts, and staff's work in preparing responses to comments. He spoke of the list of sites forwarded to the State which had been vetted through the process for consideration and narrowed for consideration by the City Council. Staff also prepared a Supplemental EIR which is being recommended for certification. A joint meeting between the Council and Planning Commission was held on December 6th, recommendations reviewed by the Housing Commission on November 17`h, and recommendations adopted by the Planning Commission on December 14, 2010. He described the sequence of the presentation as: Review of the EIR, review of the proposed General Plan amendments and an amendment to the Bernal Property Specific Plan, and review and adoption of recommended rezonings. Janice Stern gave the presentation and said next week the Council is scheduled to hold second reading of the ordinances for the rezonings, with City Council action of the Housing Element adoption on February 13, 2012. She stated the project for the supplemental EIR includes implementation of the draft Housing Element, the potential rezonings and re-designations, specific General Plan amendments for the sites to accommodate additional multi-family residential development, and a review of any environmental impacts of the Draft Climate Action Plan. The Supplemental EIR augments the EIR prepared for the 2005-2025 General Plan. Because residential development replaced a number of sites where commercial development was to be located, it resulted in generally fewer impacts in the General Plan EIR. Ms. Stern described the wide range of topics addressed in the EIR, stating mitigation measures were developed on the list (highlighted by a red start) which she described as similar to conditions of approval that typically apply to development within the City. After application of mitigation measures, two significant and unavoidable impacts were identified and are addressed in the Statement of Overriding Considerations which related to 1) Development facilitated by the General Plan amendments and rezonings which has the potential to adversely change the significance of historic resources which may be present on Sites 6 and 21; and 2) Development facilitated by the General Plan amendments and rezonings which has the potential to adversely impact the regional roadway network, specifically First Street at Bernal and Sunol and Hopyard between Owens Drive and 1-580. Although the City pays regional traffic impact fees to address these impacts, there may be some time before funds can be accumulated and used to address these specific impacts. The Draft EIR was released for a 45-day public comment period which ended on November 14, 2010. Subsequently, the consultant and staff prepared a Response to Comments document. Staff received City Council Minutes Page 2 of 13 January 4, 2012